{"id":212704,"date":"2019-04-22T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=212704"},"modified":"2019-04-23T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T17:36:30","slug":"professor-arranging-new-course-trip-to-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/professor-arranging-new-course-trip-to-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor arranging new course-trip to Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013Moacir Elias dos Santos, coordinator of Paran\u00e1, Brasil college Itecne\u2019s Specialization Course in Ancient and Medieval History arranged a\u00a0trip to Egypt that doubled as an extension course<\/a> last January. The result was so great he intends to have another excursion in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went places tourists seldom go to,\u201d the professor said. \u201cWe have been to sites even the (local) guide wasn\u2019t aware of,\u201d he said. As a case in point he cited the tombs of Ancient Kingdom-era noblemen in Aswan (pictured above), in Southern Egypt.<\/p>\n

Visits were also made to the Valley of the Nobles in Luxor, home to hundreds of tombs dating from the Sixth Dynasty (2345-2150 BC) to the Greek-Roman Period (332 BC- 395 AD); to the fabulous tomb of Queen Nefertari, the favorite wife of Ramesses II, the Great; and the home of Howard Carter, the British Egyptologist who discovered king Tutankhamun\u2019s grave in 1922.<\/p>\n

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The Red Pyramid of Snefru, in Dahshur<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The students and professor also visited Dahshur near Cairo. This is the site of the Red Pyramid \u2013 Egypt\u2019s first \u201ctrue\u201d pyramid, built by pharaoh Snefru (2613-2589 BC), the father to Khufu, the builder of the biggest of all pyramids.<\/p>\n

The monument\u2019s name probably stems from the color of the stones used in construction. The Red Pyramid is the third largest in Egypt, outsizing even the tomb of Menkaure \u2013 which is one of the Great Pyramids of Giza.<\/p>\n

Snefru, by the way, was a prolific pyramid builder. He\u2019d made other attempts before getting it right with the Red Pyramid. One such attempt can also be seen in Dahshur \u2013 the Bent Pyramid, whose sides start at an angle from the ground, which turns sharper halfway through to the top.<\/p>\n

According to Santos, 70 people joined the course in two groups of 35. \u201cIt was a varied audience,\u201d he said. The groups comprised professors and people who took the trip on their own.<\/p>\n

(Story continues after photo gallery)<\/em><\/p>\n